PRO HART - CHASING DRAGONFLIES
A$25,500
of $25,000 targetyrs ago
Successful on 21st Jun 2013 at 12:28AM.
Pro Hart inspired people to believe
THE WORLD IS YOUR CANVAS
WE WANT TO MAKE A FILM BASED ON THE LIFE OF PRO HART
G'day! We need your help to send our writer Richard Burman back to Broken Hill to complete the research and write the feature film script, Chasing Dragonflies: the extraordinary life of Pro Hart.
WHY
Pro Hart's story is one of courage. While Pro's visionary work was admired by Princes, Presidents and movie stars, to this day it has never been hung in Australia’s National Gallery. In the face of adversity, Pro kept on producing the art he wanted to make - art for the everyman. We want to make a biographical film about Pro Hart's inspirational story - think about films like Ray (the biopic about Ray Charles) and Shine (based on the life of pianist David Helfgott) - we want to make a feature film like this. We want to share Pro's story with the world to inspire people to have the courage to go out and create.
Pro Hart and his loving wife Raylee
WHERE
Chasing Dragonflies will be set and shot on location in Broken Hill, regional N.S.W. and Sydney.
SYNOPSIS
Pro Hart’s journey begins with an isolated childhood on Larloona sheep station, where dragonflies and ants were his only friends and earliest artistic inspiration. A teacher comes into his life and encourages him to continue drawing. His family moves to Broken hill as a teenager and working in the mines as a young man, he learns the true meaning of mateship. Pro finds light in the dark, scribbling doodles of miners’ tales on the walls and discovers his passion for art underground. Seeing the world as his canvas, he becomes Australia’s most commercially successful artist...but not without being preyed upon by con men and dodgy art dealers who circle like vultures...and bitter family infighting. The artist thrives nonetheless through his art and the love of his wife Raylee, to create a legacy that stands the test of time.
MAIN CHARACTER: PRO HART
Pro Hart is a painter, a father, a husband and an National Treasure. He is a wrestler, a bike collector and a man who prefers a cup of tea with his mates than a beer at the pub. He’s a religious man, a shy man, a family man and always the larrikin. He is an artist who feels that everyone should be able to experience art no matter where and what social status you come from. Pro Hart is a man who manages to escape his fate as an ordinary person to become someone truly extraordinary...and without ever having to leave his home of Broken Hill. In Pro Hart’s eyes and hands, art is elite no more.
Pro Hart's signature Dragonfly
FUNDS BREAKDOWN
This is where your money will be going:
Writers fee for the first draft script: $10,000
Plane tickets to Broken Hill for research: $3000
Broken Hill accommodation: $1500
Car Rental $500
Food $1000
Crew to shoot interviews with Pro Harts family $4000
Post Production: $1500
Sales materials for International film markets $2500
Legal fees $1000
Total: $25,000
Richard Burman will deliver a script within 2 months from funding.
Below: Scriptwriter Richard Burman with Pro Hart's wife Raylee Hart
Chasing Dragonflies: The extraordinary life of Pro Hart has received assistance with crowdfunding and marketing from FanDependent. FanDependent works with filmmakers to help them build their audience. For more info: http://wearefandependent.com/
